Delhi High Court stays IT reassessment proceedings against NGO Oxfam India

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The Delhi High Court has stayed the income tax reassessment proceedings against NGO Oxfam India..

The court issued a notice to the Income Tax (I-T) Department and sought its response to a petition filed by the NGO, challenging the notices and order issued against it...

According to records, a survey was conducted on the NGO on September 7, 2022 which led to the initiation of the reassessment proceedings for the year 2016-17 and a notice was issued to Oxfam on March 29 this year...

A notice was issued to the NGO on March 29 under the provisions of the IT Act which triggered the reassessment proceedings against the petitioner on the grounds that the petitioner was allegedly engaged in litigation activities that were violative of Section 8(1) of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA)...

The counsel for the I-T Department submitted that the petitioner NGO's FCRA licence has run into rough weather and that the petitioner is fighting for its right in this court before another bench...

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